One California Day - Surfilm Festival in Spain

My friend Mark Jeremias will be having his jewel "One California Day" part of the 3 Surfilm Festival Ciudad de Santander, on the beautiful Spain. If you have a chance, please visit the event blog and Mark's sites....

http://buildworldwide.com/

http://onecaliforniaday.com/

http://surfilmfestivalciudaddesantander.blogspot.com/

Can't wait to see Nat Russell in a super nice hyper wow wow small thong on the beach with all the girls!!!

http://crookedarm.blogspot.com/2008/09/global-village.html
Like I said Nat.... You can use my to get use to it....

Best gift..

Yesterday night I got a call from a good friend and he ask me if I would like to take some pictures inside of a helicopter for a surf contest today... I never got a ride in a helicopter, so this was a sick opportunity... and I felt this as a big gift from my friend Herbert and Pardhal... thanks guys.

Here's one of the photos that I took and this is the place that we will have the II Santos SurfArt.

Aloha from Brasil.

Hawaiian Juice Sticks

Hey everyone, if you thinking to go to the North Shore of Oahu and you need a nice stick to go and get some good ones, please contact my friend and brother OJ Midjett on ojshjs@hotmail.com

He also have a blog http://juicesticks.blogspot.com/.

This is the guy that share his knowledge about surfboards with me...

Ryan Tatar and Cyrus Sutton Art Show

My friend and one of the artist that will be part of the art show here in Brasil will show his work with Cyrus Sutton on the Surfindian in Pacific Beach, CA. Sept 13th...

If you can, don't miss it....

New blog for Santos SurfArt Show

http://santossurfart.blogspot.com/

More news to come...

How sick is this?

II Santos SurfArt original version at Nat's room.

Can't express in words how happy I am with this..
Thanks Nat!

Photo by Danielle Rubi. thanks too!

II Santos SurfArt... more news soon...

poster art by Nat Russell

From left to right...

Carlinhos Argento, Biro, Eduardo Argento and Homero.

Carlinhos and Eduardo are the Twin brothers that was one of the biggest surf brands in Brasil.

Classic guys and all around good and gentle guys..

Biro is a shaper from Sao Paulo that lives and shapes in the North Shore of O'ahu.

And Homero is probably the biggest legend of surfing from Brasil. As a shaper, he's the most influencial one.

This was taken on the Festivalma 2008, in Sao Paulo.

More tools...

Todd Hannigan yesterday night at the Festivalma 2008.

Beautiful music and very nice guys.

Me and Keiko Beatie on the Festivalma 2008.

She was very kind and lovely and was cute to see she trying her best to present the movie "Busting down the doors" in portuguese...

You did good Keiko!!!

Hope we can do some project with this amazing lady.

Alright, I know i look stupid and stoked, but come on, it's P.T.
Festivalma 2008.

This is my only part in the Festivalma 2008. They didn't use the other shot.

Stoked that i meet Keiko Beatie and a bunch of nice people.

Festivalma 2008.

This two photos will be my part in the Festivalma 2008.

Both pics are Mike Vallely and was for DRIVE Brasil.

Please check http://www.driveskateboarding.com/

And http://www.festivalma.com.br/ for the art show.

Santos Surf News #3 cover.

They gave me the honor to be on the cover again. This time with the photo that it's the cover of my book, but upside down.... Looks better this way....

Thanks Herbert...

Musica Surfica... Kindly, Mr. Mick Sowry send me the film and i can't wait to see it...

This kind of things, makes me really emotional about surf. It's about the experience and less about the sport.

Check out http://safetosea.blogspot.com.

Mahalo Mick...

Ryan Tatar's art.

Good man from the kingdom of California.

Its one of the artists already selected to the II Santos SurfArt in january, 2009.

Check his work and words at http://shakasandsinglefins.blogspot.com.

Aloha Ryan.

Cover of the new Juice Magazine.

Sick magazine from California...

Thanks for the issues Dan...

Aloha.

You're not special

Yep, none of us are special... we all the same...

My sister in law dancing ballet.

Something in this simple image makes me fell good.

Me shaping....

Log that i shape last thursday...

Will be glass on next wednesday...

And will be ride it really soon...

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My good friend and brother Micah Truax.

He's a good man, shaper, soul surfer... living on the North Shore with his lovely wife.

Aloha nui loa my friend.

Alone, 2008.

Alma Santista Book available in US

Alma Santista cover
Jose Menino beach.
Now my book and prints are available in US through Consafos Press.
To order a copy please contact Kirk Gee on consafos@earthlink.net
Drop a line to Kirk and let me know what you think about the book!

Wyland

Santos city, may 17th, 2008

Roberto Santini, Wyland, me, Romeu Andreatta.

Wyland will paint a mural here in Santos for his project, and i got the oportunity to give him a copy of my book. He will start the painting tomorrow, but the release was today on the mayor office.

Photo credit: Pardhal

Tools.

Santos, march 2008

Melka, 2008.

Eduardo Argento, for the essay of Alma Santista.

He's one of the finnest shapers from the past and still cross walking around the blanks in his shaping room.

March, 2006

Ithaka Darin Pappas, november, 2006.

I took this photo some days after I met Ithaka. Very nice guy, artist, surfer, musician...

Thyola in his factory. The biggest surf factory in South America.

I spent some time here when i was a kid, cutting fins for some money, and this place brings to me plenty of memories.

Thyola is the best glasser from Brasil and one of the best around the world.

Lightning Bolt factory, april 2008.

Ice cream butt...

March, 2008

Cover of Tribo Skate #151 may, 2008

Got publish in Tribo Skate magazine. Mike's visit in Brasil was very intense and work for Mark Jeremias from Drive was a big honour. Thanks Mark, Mike, Ryan, Marc, Levy.
The portrait, and the two action ones are mine. Mike V. with mic by Jerri Rossato.
Thanks Tribo.

Cem por cento skate, may 2008

First page of the editorial, photo by Alexandre Vianna.

Cem por cento skate, #122 may, 2008

Well, actually i got publish on the same month in the two biggest skateboard magazines from Brasil.

Double page of Mike Vallely, frontside crail slide in Bertioga skatepark filming for Drive Skateboard.
Thanks to Alexandre Vianna.

Me, my instalation in the I Santos SurfArt in Santos city last january.

Eduardo Bage, Santos, december, 2006

Jair by MaiBritt Wolthers 2008

Today I got a really nice surprise.
MaiBritt Wolthers is a Danish lady that lives in Brasil.
She’s a painter and she was part of my book, Alma Santista.
On the cocktail release she took a bunch of photos of me, while I was signing the books and greeting people and friends.
Today she called me and said that she did a piece about me and she wants to give it to me…

Here it is and check her website http://maibrittwolthers.com/.

Josiah solitude

San Diego, California 2004

Drift Magazine #4 cover
Alma Santista book review
Book review kindly wrote by Adriano Vasconcellos, editor of Alma Surf Magazine from Brasil.
The book released in june last year and it's about the surf and beach culture from the city of Santos, in the south coast of Sao Paulo. The surf started in Brasil in this city on the 30's.
Drift Magazine put this review up on their forth issue.

Thanks Adriano!
Thanks Howard!